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Brief Encounter

    Drama
    Romance
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Nov 24, 1945
Rated NR

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

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  • Vote Average
    7.7
  • Vote Count
    612
  • Popularity
    11
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    GB

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    • Cast

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    Celia Johnson
    Laura Jesson
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    Trevor Howard
    Dr. Alec Harvey
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    Stanley Holloway
    Albert Godby
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    Joyce Carey
    Myrtle Bagot
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    Cyril Raymond
    Fred Jesson
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    Everley Gregg
    Dolly Messiter
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    Marjorie Mars
    Mary Norton
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    Margaret Barton
    Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters
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    Wilfred Babbage
    Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)
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    Alfie Bass
    Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)
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    Wallace Bosco
    Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)
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    Sydney Bromley
    Johnnie, the Second Soldier (uncredited)
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    Noël Coward
    Train Station Announcer (uncredited)
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    Nuna Davey
    Herminie Rolandson (uncredited)
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    Valentine Dyall
    Alec's Friend Stephen Lynn (uncredited)
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    Irene Handl
    The Cellist and Organist (uncredited)
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    Dennis Harkin
    Beryl's Man Stanley (uncredited)
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    Edward Hodge
    Bill (First Soldier) (uncredited)
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    Frederick Kelsey
    Man in Cinema (uncredited)
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    Jack May
    Boat Rental Man (uncredited)
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    Avis Scott
    Kardomah Waitress (uncredited)
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    George V. Sheldon
    Clergyman - Train Passenger (uncredited)

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    Reviews

    (1)
    CinemaSerf
    70%
    Based on Noël Coward's play "Still Life" this is a super adaptation from David Lean as Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard meet in a railway station café and 90 minutes later we have been on a roller-coaster of emotions, all delicately and subtly discussed, as these two eminently middle class English people challenge their long established "civilised" values and conventions of behaviour. It's style is it's simplicity - the script is poignant and charming; if a little dated now. Stanley Holloway provides an occasional breath of air during this quite intense drama, and who can ever forget that Rachmaninoff is a huge star of this, too?